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Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2012

Name: Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2012
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Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2012 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Benin is highest, at 2,140.000; Paraguay is lowest, at -79.130. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2011, 99 values changed (61 up, 38 down), 1 country joined.

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Net Electricity Imports (share of generation) · Data for 2012

HighestBenin

2,140.000

LowestParaguay

-79.130

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

174countries
3measures per country
2012the year it describes
98distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2012: every country, as published by Ember.

Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,140.000	1.07	0.05
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,067.391	4.91	0.46
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	934.286	3.27	0.35
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	689.286	3.86	0.56
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	348.864	3.07	0.88
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	300.000	0.96	0.32
Niger`NER`Western Africa	164.103	0.64	0.39
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	157.692	0.82	0.52
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	148.913	4.11	2.76
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	147.552	2.11	1.43
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	147.111	6.62	4.50
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	145.509	2.43	1.67
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.812	0.53	0.64
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	70.293	7.43	10.57
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	66.667	0.10	0.15
Belize`BLZ`Central America	63.158	0.24	0.38
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	59.184	0.29	0.49
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	53.814	2.54	4.72
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.652	2.67	6.26
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	42.456	1.21	2.85
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	27.391	1.69	6.17
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	25.876	9.97	38.53
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	24.769	17.44	70.41
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	24.667	7.60	30.81
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	23.077	0.09	0.39
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	23.021	7.97	34.62
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22.380	0.79	3.53
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	22.099	10.17	46.02
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.626	1.12	5.43
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	17.364	7.89	45.44
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	17.043	5.21	30.57
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16.730	17.11	102.27
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	14.630	0.85	5.81
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.598	43.10	295.25
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.583	0.14	0.96
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12.195	9.94	81.51
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.011	0.29	3.62
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.713	0.58	7.52
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	7.069	0.34	4.81
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6.011	0.55	9.15
Uruguay`URY`South America	5.189	0.55	10.60
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.099	0.68	16.59
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.079	2.80	68.65
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.971	1.78	59.91
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.944	0.32	16.46
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.744	0.03	1.72
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.510	0.41	27.16
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.429	0.09	6.30
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.378	0.39	28.30
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.198	2.87	239.49
United States`USA`Northern America	1.170	47.26	4,040.67
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.078	0.39	36.19
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.058	0.06	5.67
Honduras`HND`Central America	1.020	0.08	7.84
Ecuador`ECU`South America	1.012	0.23	22.73
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.936	0.09	9.62
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.737	0.07	9.50
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.496	0.02	4.03
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.427	0.25	58.54
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.387	0.38	98.10
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.321	0.03	9.36
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.198	0.02	10.11
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.146	0.05	34.29
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.122	0.01	8.17
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.16
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	7.72
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.33
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.92
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	1.90
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.000	0.00	48.62
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	1.13
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.000	0.00	7.41
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.20
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	3.93
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.38
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.61
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.18
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.24
Chile`CHL`South America	0.000	0.00	69.57
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.06
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	18.43
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	4.72
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.39
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.15
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	16.90
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.54
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.32
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	0.00	0.29
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.86
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.72
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	2.16
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.25
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	0.00	0.45
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.20
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	1.78
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.73
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	0.00	0.96
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	1.10
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.00	17.29
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	4.31
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	61.12
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.30
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	1.56
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.00	0.40
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	0.00	2.30
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	2.79
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.01
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	11.16
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.02
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	2.29
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.000	0.00	43.75
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	28.74
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	21.36
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	25.02
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	3.73
Peru`PER`South America	0.000	0.00	39.96
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	72.89
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	22.30
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	34.80
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.38
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.11
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.08
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.41
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.18
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	46.94
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.34
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.44
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.000	0.00	1.67
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	32.27
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	9.12
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.21
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.87
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.06
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	7.07
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.087	-0.05	57.40
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.217	-10.78	4,978.24
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.224	-0.04	17.84
Venezuela`VEN`South America	-0.265	-0.34	128.31
Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.465	-0.04	8.61
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-0.646	-0.16	24.77
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.976	-0.02	2.05
Colombia`COL`South America	-1.126	-0.71	63.06
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.264	-0.67	53.00
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-1.759	-2.84	161.48
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-2.069	-0.06	2.90
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-2.351	-0.54	22.97
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	-3.810	-11.20	293.95
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-3.889	-0.66	16.97
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-4.444	-0.54	12.15
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-6.629	-0.82	12.37
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	-6.688	-1.04	15.55
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	-7.031	-4.43	63.01
France`FRA`Western Europe	-7.844	-44.52	567.59
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-8.216	-1.23	14.97
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-8.429	-0.59	7.00
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-11.045	-1.66	15.03
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-11.758	-19.57	166.44
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	-12.190	-17.82	146.18
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-15.324	-2.72	17.75
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-17.886	-8.31	46.46
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-18.729	-2.24	11.96
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-19.481	-0.45	2.31
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-19.774	-17.12	86.58
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-20.460	-1.60	7.82
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-69.838	-9.03	12.93
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-71.810	-4.84	6.74
Paraguay`PRY`South America	-79.130	-47.66	60.23

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Benin2,140.000
Palestine1,067.391
Botswana934.286
Macau689.286
Afghanistan348.864

Lowest

Paraguay-79.130
Bhutan-71.810
Laos-69.838
Armenia-20.460
Czechia-19.774

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Net imports (TWh; negative = net exporter)
HighestUnited States47.26
LowestParaguay-47.66
Middle country: 0.00
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,978.24
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.99

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
99values changed, of 173 in both
61 · 38rose · fell
74unchanged

Rose most

Benin1,000.000 → 2,140.000+1,140.000
Macau355.056 → 689.286+334.230
Botswana654.167 → 934.286+280.119
Palestine810.526 → 1,067.391+256.865
Cameroon0.000 → 20.626+20.626

Fell most

Togo404.762 → 300.000−104.762
Cambodia179.412 → 147.552−31.860
Mali12.037 → -19.481−31.518
Albania77.804 → 53.814−23.990
Luxembourg169.697 → 148.913−20.784

+ South Sudan

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 77 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

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Ember (2012). Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-electricity-imports/2012

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